Ukraine

On the anniversary of Lithuania's accession to NATO, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that today's goal should be to help Ukraine win.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, military and civilian engineers are working in three shifts to build fortifications to protect residents and the vast front line, despite Russia's attempts to hinder construction.

Ukraine has received a $1. 5 billion loan from Japan and the United Kingdom through the World Bank to support key state budget priorities in the face of full-scale Russian aggression.

Putin seeks to destroy Ukraine's existence as an independent country and to drag NATO into a war, but Germany will never allow this, the German foreign minister said.

On March 30, no precipitation is expected in most of Ukraine, only light rains will occur at night in the eastern regions, air temperature at night will be from 3-8° C to 16-24° C during the day, south and northwest winds, 7-12 m/s, gusts up to 20 m/s in some places.

Ukraine and Poland signed a memorandum of cooperation in the energy sector, including the development of joint programs and projects to restore energy infrastructure damaged by the war, climate-neutral technologies, distributed generation, gas and oil transportation, energy security through market integration and the development of interstate crossings.

The newly appointed Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, assured that he will do everything possible to strengthen Ukraine's security against Russian aggression, as the NSDC is becoming extremely important in the current struggle for existence.

A power outage occurred in Odesa due to significant damage to the energy infrastructure, and repairs are underway to restore power to critical infrastructure and residential buildings within hours.

For medical cannabis products to become available, Ukraine needs to make a number of legislative changes, including changing the classification of cannabis and cannabidiol, establishing a list of approved medical indications and defining permitted dosage forms, and the pharmaceutical sector must also prepare to sale such medicines, which could start by the end of this year if the business is ready.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Mark Shevchenko as Ukraine's ambassador to Moldova.

According to a spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is using missiles that it has rarely used before to find weaknesses in our air defense.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States on May 9 to meet with President Joe Biden for the first time at the White House.

Oleksiy Danilov, former secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, will now work in the diplomatic sphere, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced.

Any increase in fiscal pressure on business is unjustified and harmful, as it will impose significant costs on business, while additional revenues to the state budget will be minimal, said the president of the All-Ukrainian Professional Association of Entrepreneurs.

Ukraine's population is projected to shrink to 28. 9 million by 2041 and to 25.2 million by 2051 due to challenges and threats, according to a report by the Ukrainian Institute for Demography and Quality of Life.

The eChezhda service for trucks has added new features, including marking of vehicles carrying humanitarian aid, a new list showing trucks that have entered the checkpoint based on registration, and displaying license plates, booking dates, times and serial numbers for trucks in different queues, with license plates hidden for security reasons for special trips.

President Zelenskyy introduced Oleksandr Lytvynenko as the new Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, outlining priorities such as strengthening Ukraine's ability to predict threats, continuing the sanctions policy, doctrinal work, cybersecurity, and national defense.

All regions of Ukraine have started sowing spring crops such as sunflower, soybeans, sugar beets, wheat, barley, peas and oats.

Since the launch of the Ukrainian humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea, 33. 8 million tons of cargo have been exported to 40 countries on 1,140 vessels, exceeding the export volume for the entire year of the Grain Initiative.

There was an enemy missile attack on a gas infrastructure facility in western Ukraine, power supply was limited in two regions due to Russian attacks, and 212 settlements in five regions were cut off due to bad weather.

With the assistance of various agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ukraine returned the bodies of 121 fallen defenders.

Fragments of an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) were found in an agricultural area on the Big Island of Brăilei (Insula Mare a Brăilei) on March 28, the Romanian Ministry of National Defense reports.

Due to Russian missile attacks that damaged thermal and hydroelectric power plants, electricity supply is limited in Kryvyi Rih and Kharkiv region. However, there may be restrictions in two other regions.

Moldova's border police have not confirmed reports that a Russian missile flew over its territory during Russia's massive attack on Ukraine on the night of March 29, saying that their airspace surveillance systems did not record any unauthorized crossing.

5-7 US Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems will unblock the skies, allow work and children to go to school, and protect industry in Ukraine, President Zelenskyy said.

The book "Stories of the Strong" by the Stolar Foundation was presented in Bucha.

A resident of Chernihiv region was sentenced to 15 years in prison for passing information about Ukrainian soldiers and ATO veterans to russian security forces during the full-scale invasion.

Three more children aged 5, 11 and 14 were returned from the Russian-occupied Kherson region to the Ukrainian-controlled territory.

russia continues to militarize Ukrainian children in the temporarily occupied Crimea, creating a military sports camp to train schoolchildren in military professions. At the same time, the militarization of education and the imposition of its ideology in the occupied territories is a war crime under international humanitarian law.

The efforts of Ukrainian power engineers and utility workers have stabilized electricity and water supply in the Dnipropetrovs'k region overnight after Russian attacks left nearly 50,000 people without electricity and 700,000 without water.